different between tillow vs pillow

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?l??

Etymology 1

From Middle English *tilwe, *telwe, from Old English telga, telge (“twig, branch, shoot”). More at tiller.

Noun

tillow (plural tillows)

1. Alternative form of tiller
2. (Britain dialectal) Branch; twig; shoot.

Etymology 2

From Middle English *tilwen, *telwien, *tel?en, from Old English telgian (“to put forth branches”).

Alternative forms

• telly

Verb

tillow (third-person singular simple present tillows, present participle tillowing, simple past and past participle tillowed)

1. Alternative form of tiller
2. (intransitive, Britain dialectal) To spread; branch out; send forth shoots.

English

Etymology

From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pylwe, pylu, pyle (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulw? (“pillow”), from Latin pulv?nus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust, powder”) +? -?nus (“-ine”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?lo?/
• (US, dialectal) IPA^(key): /?p?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Noun

pillow (countable and uncountable, plural pillows)

1. A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     And it is a pillow!

2. (geology) A pillow lava.
3. (engineering) A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.
4. (nautical) A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.
5. The socket of a pivot.
6. (uncountable) A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Maori: pera

Translations

Verb

pillow (third-person singular simple present pillows, present participle pillowing, simple past and past participle pillowed)

1. (transitive) To rest as on a pillow.
   • 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 815-6)

     She had pillowed her head on her arm.